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DÜRER, Albrecht: Small Passion: 17. The Flagellation

🖼 Small Passion: 17. The Flagellation, 1511
Woodcut
London, United Kingdom

Violent motion and suffering dominate this woodcut, where Christ's tormentors strike from all angles with brutal energy. Dürer's *Small Passion* series democratized religious art through affordable prints, making intimate devotional imagery accessible to common people across Northern Europe.

The story of art
The story of art
E. H. Gombrich
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